cannibal lot

what is devious plot?

A ‘plot’ refers to a scheme or a plan, often shrouded in secrecy. Plot also denotes a piece of land, divided up for sale and development. With the devious plot collective we aim to devise plots that engage community, artists and thinkers to question our relationship with the land; develop site-based interventions, using building plots as laboratories of unbuilding; employ slow demolition and deconstruction to help people imagine a new plotline towards a future with a more mindful and nuanced human/land relationship.

the cannibal lot

Cannibal lot is the inaugural project of Devious Plot. Cannibal lot seeks to memorialize the deconstruction of a small home which has stood for over 100 years. When we memorialize something, we take stock of value and imagine how that value can be carried forward for future generations. We consider the parts of the building, be it lumber or the memories it holds and we imagine future uses and ways it can give back to the land/community instead of going straight to the dump. We are crafting a feast of deconstruction, a building devouring itself.

The project follows the stages of a dinner: Prepare, Feast, Chew, Digest, ultimately resulting in a process that involves building local relationships, memorializing the building through artistic interventions, material reuse experimentation and rebuilding a structure that incorporates the learnings from the process. We hope that the slow and intensive site involvement will create a more responsive and resilient architecture that will become a part of the neighbourhood ecology for another 100 years.

co-founders

Car Martin

Car is a practicing architect from Saskatchewan and currently based in Toronto. As the Lead Architect at Cyan Station, Car manages a core practice of architecture and renovations that strive for beauty, sustainability and affordability. Cyan also maintains an exploratory practice of transformative design that includes action-research, digital storytelling and installation art. Car is interested in the ways that architecture shapes our interactions, in the simple lessons we can learn from nature, and in an ethic that celebrates the unwanted, refuse, garbage.

coyote/Jason Aune

coyote runs the organization object work out of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (formerly out of Vancouver);  which provides IT & Administrative support for all different kinds of entities but specializes in supporting creative individuals, non-profits and organizations contributing to the public good. Jason has a strong background in technology, communication and art (especially music). He has enjoyed bringing his skillset and experiences to Devious Plot and appreciates the new learnings and challenges that come from this project.

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